In courtrooms separated by about 200 miles, Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to eight counts of federal felonies and the president's ex-campaign manager Paul Manafort was convicted on eight felony counts while the jury was hung on another 10 counts he faced.

Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump's former chief strategist, is framing the coming election as an up-or-down vote on Trump's impeachment. Bannon says that's even more true after Trump's former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty and former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was convicted.

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s narrow 200-vote lead over Gov. Jeff Colyer in the state’s Republican primary election for governor was cut in half after a mistake was discovered in the election night’s tally. The Trump-endorsed candidate’s lead over Colyer shrunk from 191 to just 91 votes.

Rashida Tlaib won the Democratic Party nomination for the US House in Michigan on Tuesday, and she is poised to run unopposed in November. She is an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump and has described difficulties being Muslim in Trump's America.